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Speaker 1: James and Amanda jam Nation.

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Speaker 2: On the fourth of May. May the fourth be with You.

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Speaker 3: The Piano premieres Monday night on ABC iView and ABC TV.

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Speaker 2: It's hosted by that very nice lady Amanda Keller.

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Speaker 1: We've searched the nation for passionate everyday pianists. But there's

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Speaker 1: a secret that our performers don't know. Listening on are

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Speaker 1: two of the world's greatest pianists.

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Speaker 4: That was nuts. Give me more, Give me more of that.

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Speaker 1: V John is to select one pianist from each location

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Speaker 1: to be mentored. You're the centerpiece.

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Speaker 4: Those people are there to celebrate you and.

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Speaker 1: To perform in a spectacular concert.

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Speaker 2: You are the host times.

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Speaker 3: They should have some sort of award that they give

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Speaker 3: some sort of trophy to people that host stuff.

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Speaker 1: Wouldn't you think, Brendan, wouldn't you think? Look? Those two

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Speaker 1: people who are watching on are Harry Coonic Junior and

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Speaker 1: Andrea Lamb. Andrea is one of the world's greatest classical pianists,

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Speaker 1: Australia's own and one of the best things about doing

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Speaker 1: this show was a chance to hang out with her.

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Speaker 1: She joins us. Now, Hello Andrea, how are you?

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Speaker 2: Hello?

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Speaker 4: Amanda?

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Speaker 1: I've missed you.

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Speaker 4: I've missed you too. This is weird. It's the first

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Speaker 4: time I've heard your voice, but not being able to

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Speaker 4: give you a hug.

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Speaker 3: I'm here as well. Andrea, by the way, you know,

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Speaker 3: I know this is but I saw you play at

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Speaker 3: that final concert and you are so good.

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Speaker 2: I think you were better. I think you're better than Harry.

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Speaker 1: Don't tell him quite about that now. When I first

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Speaker 1: heard about this show, the piano, because you hear the piano,

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Speaker 1: what does it mean just people playing classical piano and thing,

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Speaker 1: what's that going to be? It's not that at all.

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Speaker 1: It's about people's connection to the piano. And I saw

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Speaker 1: the English version of this show and I just sobbed.

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Speaker 1: Not because it's sad, because it's heartwarming, it's life affirming,

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Speaker 1: it's emotional in all the great ways. Andrew, you hadn't

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Speaker 1: done television before, and there you are sitting next to

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Speaker 1: Harry Connick Jr. Being filmed in the strangest of circumstances

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Speaker 1: because we heard you in luggage rooms and all kinds

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Speaker 1: of things. How did this experience feel for you?

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Speaker 4: Oh, it was very surreal, but it was amazing to

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Speaker 4: be part of it with you and with Harry because

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Speaker 4: you're both such superstars and it just was really lovely

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Speaker 4: to tap into that. But you did put us in

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Speaker 4: some strange places, which was really fun. You're a toilet.

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Speaker 2: Yeah.

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Speaker 1: Well, who were some of the people that stood out

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Speaker 1: for you? Because you've loved the piano from a very

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Speaker 1: early age, but how heartwarming it was to see the

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Speaker 1: rolets played in other people's lives. What are some of

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Speaker 1: the stories that stuck with you?

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean I loved that. It was you know,

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Speaker 4: we had Bill who was one hundred and three, and

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Speaker 4: then right after him, Maya came on and she was five.

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Speaker 4: And just to literally see people at those and parts

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Speaker 4: of their lives coming and playing the same instrument and

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Speaker 4: having that same love and approach from you know, learning

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Speaker 4: it at a big beginning to having it with them

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Speaker 4: all their lives was really moving. And there's who else?

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Speaker 4: There were so many, There's so many. Just the variety

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Speaker 4: of it was really astounding.

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Speaker 2: When did you first touch a piano?

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Speaker 4: Ah? Probably, you know with one of the things I

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Speaker 4: love is that you can walk around and just like

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Speaker 4: probably when I was you know, six months or or

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Speaker 4: or something like that. So when I started actually trying

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Speaker 4: to learn was around five, and I don't have any

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Speaker 4: memories of not playing the piano, which is yeah, because.

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Speaker 2: When I was a kid, my dad he played the piano.

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Speaker 3: And one of my fondest memories were when I come

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Speaker 3: home from school, Dad and be playing Black and White

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Speaker 3: Rag on the and he'd smoking his cigarette and I

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Speaker 3: just come home and go, hey, Dad, and he wanted

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Speaker 3: us to play piano. My brother went on to become

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Speaker 3: a musician and he's very good at piano. For me,

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Speaker 3: it just never ended up becoming a drama, which I

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Speaker 3: failed at anyway.

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Speaker 4: But no, I mean that's the thing. It's in your life.

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Speaker 4: You were around it, and I think that that's the

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Speaker 4: crucial part. To have it in your family or to

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Speaker 4: have it in school, and then it's part of you

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Speaker 4: in whatever way it expresses itself. I love that you're

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Speaker 4: a drummer. That's very important.

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Speaker 1: Well he's also not a very good one, but we'll

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Speaker 1: move on toide. But everyone that a lot of the

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Speaker 1: stories were that kids were forced to learn when they

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Speaker 1: were younger and didn't like it that much. But interso, yeah,

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Speaker 1: crisis or during COVID or when there was when they

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Speaker 1: were moments of sadness or beauty in their lives. They

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Speaker 1: went back to the piano, and we're very grateful they'd

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Speaker 1: followed through.

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Speaker 4: It's so true. I mean, it's so it's a hard

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Speaker 4: thing to learn. It's like learning a different language, and

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Speaker 4: it takes a lot of skill and anything that takes

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Speaker 4: skill and craft will take time to learn. And it's

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Speaker 4: not fun sometimes to sit down and work. But the

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Speaker 4: rewards are just so extraordinary, just being able to tap

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Speaker 4: into this world of you know, sound and emotions and color.

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Speaker 4: And you're right, like, in these times of crisis, that's

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Speaker 4: when we need art, and that's when we need things

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Speaker 4: like that. So I think that, yeah, it's a really

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Speaker 4: crucial lesson. I think I'm going.

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Speaker 2: To give you a dilemma. You're on a plane.

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Speaker 3: There's only two parachutes, Elton John, yourself and Billy Joel.

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Speaker 3: So you have to save yourself, okay, So you can

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Speaker 3: only give the other parachute to another persons, either Billy

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Speaker 3: or Elton.

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Speaker 2: Who are you.

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Speaker 4: Saving Billy or Elton?

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Speaker 1: Really?

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Speaker 4: Okay?

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Speaker 2: I know the sort of person would say, okay, you boys.

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Speaker 1: Actually, I know you're not a pop culture fan, so

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Speaker 1: you might say neither.

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Speaker 4: Ah, that's it. I would take Elton, I mean, yeah.

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Speaker 1: Well, luckily no one's Billy. Joel's not listening to this,

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Speaker 1: so you're going to be.

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Speaker 3: Well. We're looking forward to seeing you on the on

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Speaker 3: the Telly seven thirty, ABC IV and ABC TV on

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Speaker 3: Sunday Night, hosted by am Manda Keller Andrea Lamb playing

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Speaker 3: the piano Harry Connick Junior as well.

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Speaker 1: It's such a great show, Andrea, thank you, Thank.

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Speaker 4: You, Amanda. I can't wait to see it.

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Speaker 1: Hopefully i'll see you before too long.

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Speaker 4: That would be great.

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Speaker 2: She's going to lock you in your base, her.

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Speaker 1: Basement, and I'll take your parachute.

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Speaker 2: See entry, take it eas